To note the Part I minutes of the Crime &
Disorder Overview & Scrutiny Panels held on the 6 September
2018.

Minutes:

The Part I minutes of the meeting held on the
6 September 2018 were agreed as a correct record after the
following amendments:

·
Add Councillor Mills to the attendance list as she was present.

·
Councillor Werner questioned the one from last paragraph where he
states that a Neighbourhood Action Group had recently been
re-established in Windsor, he was referring to Pinkneys Green Neighbourhood Action Group, not
Windsor.

ACTION: Clerk to
check the recording and amend minutes as appropriate.

Andy Jeffs, Executive Director, went through the Budget
Report and highlighted everything that was in the remit of the
Crime and Disorder Overview and Scrutiny Panel, The Panel was asked
to note the contents of the report and make recommendations to
Cabinet.

Councillor Werner commented that he was
pleased to see additional investment in CCTV but had hoped that
additional cameras were going to be added at Oaken Grove.
Councillor Werner also commented that the Manifesto pledge was to
increase the number of community wardens from 18 to 36, which was
not being delivered.

Andy Jeffs, Executive Director, informed the
Panel that there were 25 community wardens in the 2019/20 Budget
and this included wardens that would be concentrating on the night
time economy and anti-social behaviour. Officers had discussed the
current requirements with the then lead member and a smaller new
team focussing on night time economy issues and anti-social
behaviour was needed, and therefore, 36 community wardens were no
longer required.

Other points discussed included the
following:

·
The £15K from Ascot Racecourse and whether this had already
been received. Andy Jeffs confirmed that this was just in the
process of finalising.

·
There was £20K allocated for fly tipping in the Budget, was
this amount sufficient. Andy Jeffs informed the Panel that these
were additional funds to last year and CCTV had been installed in
the most popular areas for fly-tipping. This was another further
stage of work to further the initial work. The council were only
responsible for council land. The private land owners were
responsible for their own land and removal of any rubbish. South
Bucks council had been very successful using spy cameras and giving
out large fines to assist with the clearing. Fly-tipping had
recently increased in the area, possibly as a result of the
stringent conditions on the recycling sites. This was currently
being looked at and the law could possibly change from it being a
civil offence to a criminal offence. The local police had not seen
an increase in reporting on fly-tipping. Andy Jeffs informed the
Panel that officers had been liaising with South Bucks Council and
this had assisted.

·
Andy Jeffs reported that between Sunday 10 February and Wednesday
13 February, there would be a switch over to digital cameras and
the analogue cameras would be decommissioned. However, some areas
still would require hard wired connection as the signal was not
strong enough to send the images across.

·
Colin Hudson informed the Panel that there had been a number of
successes in the area. There had been 100 arrests in the Thames
Valley area, approximately 20 in RBWM for a variety of crimes. The
Chairman informed the Panel that the new constable would be
starting soon.

·
Pat McDonald informed the Panel that he had recently been working
closely with Thames Valley Police and it had been a fantastic and
highly positive experience.

144.

Date of future meetings

·Monday 16 April
2018.

Minutes:

The Chairman informed Members that the date of
the next meeting was as follows: